Some jokes have a kernel of truth in them, which makes them all the more telling, and as Killuminatis' poorly timed post shows, the mainstream media in the west do actually report just like that, unfortunately.

yes indeed nan LOL
when i go back and re-read from the beginning, it doesn’t even feel like it was that long ago. it’s kinda crazy how time flies

Not too long after the best and most interesting posters started to vanish/get banned, the forum has been on this downhill rollercoaster that never really ceased. But now i feel like you and few others here are like the backbone of this forum and the reason why the rollercoaster has stopped.

Definitely not the epitome of originality and entertainment but it's interesting to see what people are into these days LOL

Mr kim was on a whole different ball game , he surely will NOT be forgotten

I remember when we used to look forward to coming in and seeing what some of the old posters had to say each day.
There was always something interesting to get your metaphorical teeth into back then, and those long conversations and debates were well worth reading and getting involved in.

Sadly, it seems those days are over and the forum no longer has the drawing power it used to have, it's all so boring now and although I sometimes wonder how I managed to survive this long without getting permabanned too ( ) these days I struggle to find the enthusiasm to post anywhere near as much as I used to.

We need people with a little character but unfortunately they either get kicked out or they get so demoralised that they go elsewhere.

Funny how "the good old days" were not really all that long ago though LOL

We need people with a little character but unfortunately they either get kicked out or they get so demoralised that they go elsewhere​

Unfortunately for you it has all worn a bit thin, it does after so long in a game that gripped you and others from way back then, 5 years is a long time in a game , I know I've been there seen it done it. Maybe you need to put your ogg que down now and go into retirement with all the intellectual folk and discuss more originality .

I like you nan but I feel that you want to rule this place and dictate to others on their conduct, you have upset me tonight, I was going to let it go but I feel that too many people have let it go here with you in the past.

Old friends of nan, admin, mods, if you don't like what I'm saying feel free to ban me

I remember when we used to look forward to coming in and seeing what some of the old posters had to say each day.
There was always something interesting to get your metaphorical teeth into back then, and those long conversations and debates were well worth reading and getting involved in.

Sadly, it seems those days are over and the forum no longer has the drawing power it used to have, it's all so boring now and although I sometimes wonder how I managed to survive this long without getting permabanned too ( ) these days I struggle to find the enthusiasm to post anywhere near as much as I used to.

We need people with a little character but unfortunately they either get kicked out or they get so demoralised that they go elsewhere.

Funny how "the good old days" were not really all that long ago though LOL

Very true The memories !

If i were to describe it in two words i would say it was a BIG MESS but that's what made so great and entertaining! - we had folks from all across the world coming here and sharing their thoughts/opinion, debating on different issues as you've mentioned above and etc...

i had doubts myself (esp knowing how you were one of the kinds that don't hold back on how they feel about something) but it's a good thing that you're still here with us

We need people with a little character but unfortunately they either get kicked out or they get so demoralised that they go elsewhere​

Unfortunately for you it has all worn a bit thin, it does after so long in a game that gripped you and others from way back then, 5 years is a long time in a game , I know I've been there seen it done it. Maybe you need to put your ogg que down now and go into retirement with all the intellectual folk and discuss more originality .

I like you nan but I feel that you want to rule this place and dictate to others on their conduct, you have upset me tonight, I was going to let it go but I feel that too many people have let it go here with you in the past.

Old friends of nan, admin, mods, if you don't like what I'm saying feel free to ban me

No-one is going to ban you for your opinion G11, you have every right to speak your mind and if you have somehow taken my words personally then that is a most unfortunate problem.

Unlike yourself, I believe everyone has a right to an opinion and a right to conduct themselves in any way that they want to.

I don't think you have been here long enough to make any judgements on what I have or have not got away with in the past.
And I have had more than my fair share of arguments and fights with others, so that statement that too many people have "let it go" really doesn't hold water I'm afraid.

I speak my mind, just as you have done so tonight, and I have as much right to do so as you do.

You may not like my opinions, there are almost certainly many, many others that feel the same way.
But they are mine to hold, and I do so with no apologies or excuses.

Hillary’s emails truly are the gifts that keep on giving. While France led the proponents of the UN Security Council Resolution that would create a no-fly zone in Libya, it claimed that its primary concern was the protection of Libyan civilians (considering the current state of affairs alone, one must rethink the authenticity of this concern). As many “conspiracy theorists” will claim, one of the real reasons to go to Libya was Gaddafi’s planned gold dinar.

THE emergence of state authority was a logical consequence of the move to settled agriculture, or so we thought. Until recently, we also assumed that ancient peoples welcomed the advantages of this way of life as well as the growth of state leadership, since it was key to the development of culture, crafts and civil order.

Over the past 50 years, though, more and more cracks have appeared in this picture. We now know settled agriculture existed for several thousand years before the emergence of the city states of the Near East and Asia. In the past few years, archaeologists have been stunned to find 11,000-year-old structures such as those at Göbekli Tepe, in what is now southern Turkey. These were built by peoples who foraged, and who also developed specialised skills, both artistic and artisanal.